Emanuel stauber



'(NoMbdeL) E. STAUBER.

TEGRA TING AND COMPRESSING PEAT.

MACHINE FOR DISIN No. 537,909.

Patented Apr; 23, 1895..

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EMANUEL STAUBER, or BEIiLIN, "GERMANY.

.MACHlN E fOR DISINTEGRATING AND COMPRESSING PEAT.

S1TECIFICA 13ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,909, dated April23, 1 895.

Application filed May 31, 1894:.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known'thatI, EMANUEL STAUBER, a

subject of the German Emperor, residing at Berlin, Germany,have=invented certain Improvements in Machines for Disintegrating andCompressing Peat, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in machinesfordisintegrating and compressing peat, such as are used in themanufacture of peat briquet, and the object of theinvention is toprovide a machine of a simple and inexpensive construction, con tinuousin operation, which shall be adapted to disintegrate the wet peat andremove the coarse fibers therefrom and to compress and partly dry thedisintegrated peatand deliver the same in a condition to be further.dried and coked. t v

My invention also contemplates certain improvements in the machinewhereby it is made adjustable so as to compress the peat to differentdegrees and also to different sizes (5f brl'liquets, all as will behereinafter fully set ort The novel features of my invention will becarefully defined in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitndinalsection'ofthe machine; Fig. 2, shows a cross-section through the hoppers thereof.Fig. 3 is a perspective view'of the grid and screen employed in themachine.

In the said-drawings n represents the compression cylinder having apiston Z,,-'to which longitudinal movement is. communicated by means ofany suitable enginefior othersource of power. The cylinder at has a'feedopening on above which is arranged a chest c,of a some what globular orspheroidal form crowned by; avfeed-hopper a, wherein are mounted in p0sition to receive the peat supplied to the hop-. per, two transverseshaftsb, b, driven from the engineand provided with cutters or teeth,

c. The shafts b,b, are so geared as to cause the cutters c to rotate inopposite directions as indicated by the arrows, whereby the peat is tornor disintegrated. The teeth 0, deliver:

the torn or disintegrated peat down intouthechest e',wherein issuspended in chains, k,"a. swinging, inclined grid'or grate g, arrangedin position under-the said teeth to catch the long fibers of the peat anl'convey the same Serial No. 513,090. (No modeL) away laterally throughan opening e in the side of chest e.

To the under side of the swinging grid 9 is secured a sieve f adaptedto, siftand mix the finer particles of the peat and in order to.move'the grid in the chest 6, a transverse shaft h, driven from theengineiisjournaled in said chest, and provided with 2. came, adapted tostrike, and move the said grid longitudinally so as to capse it to swingin the manner of a pendulum; or f desired a;

series of these girds 9 may be einployedand a series of cams ialsoprovided, said cams ing timed so as to cause the grids to movejindifferent directions;' or in lieu of it came as shown, connecting linksmay be employed between shaft hand the grid, but I prefer theconstruction shown as the cheapest and most durable. v v

In order to compress the peat, I provide the forward end of the cylindern with a removable section 0, having a contracted bore, as clearlyshown, whereby as the peat is forced through said section 0, by theforward movement of the pistonl it will be compressed and a portion ofthe water forced therefrom,which wa er will escape through suitableoutlets, (not. shown.) In order to still further coinpress the peat Iprovide a section 12, having a be connected atr'one of a series ofmonths "I, provided with diit'erentsizedbores. In or-- der to make thesection 1) adj ustable to section), said section r is provided with arearward extension'r" to which said hinged cover 10' is adapted to bedrawn by means of abolt or screw r as clearly seen in the drawings.

. My invention is susceptible of considerable 'lbose top or coverphinged at (1 to which may modification aswill be obvious to thoseskilled in theart, and for this reason I do not wish to lie understoodas limiting myself to the exact construction and arrangement hereinshown.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim- I. In a device fordisintegrating and compressing peat, the combination with a compressingcylinderhaving a feed opening and a piston therein of a chest, arrangedover said feed opening,, a feed hopper arranged over said chest, adisintegrating device in said hopper, a grid arranged in said chest, andashaking sieve arranged between said disintegrat- Ice ment of said shaftto said grid, substantial] chest between said disintegrating device andsaid feed opening, a sieve connected to said grid, a shaft, rotativelmounted in said chest, and means for communicating the movey as setforth.

3. In a device for disintegrating and coinpressing peat, the combinationwith a compressing cylinder having a feed openingand .iilpiston therein,e-f achcst having an opening in its well and arranged over said feedopening, a feed hopper over said chest, a disintegrating devicearranged-in said hopper, an

inclined grid arranged in the chest between the disintegrating deviceand said feed pening, and adapted to convey the coarse fiber through theopening in the wall of the chest, a sieve connected to said grid, andmeans for moving said grid, substantially as set. forth.

4:. Ina device for'compressing peat, the combination wi t h acompressing cylinder having a feed opening and a piston arrangedtherein, of a section 11 secured to said compressing cylinder andprovided with a bore coinciding with the bore of the cylinder, saidsection having a hinged cover, a section 1', connccted to section p, andalso provided with a bore coinciding with the bore of said section 1),and means for adjusting the inclination of the cover of section 1'), tothe size of the bore of section r, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

E M AN U EL STAL ll E It.

Witnesses:

MAX SCHUNING,

